Early in the morning Chef Nizlek comes into the kitchen to prepare almost 100% locally sourced dishes for his diners at Silver Grille aptly named after the historic town of Silverton Oregon. Jeff sources local ingredients ...

Silver Grille Gives A Winning Bite

As our own gastronomical take on March Madness 2015, a four person team from Northwest Food & Wine Guide decided to spend two days a week dining at restaurants that were participating in the Portland Dining Month $29 ...

March Madness – Portland Dining Month

On November 16th Behind the Line Consulting, the new restaurant centric consulting agency and sister company of The NW Food & Wine Festival, collaborated together to celebrate some fun celebrities being in town, The ...

Food Artists or Farmers That take Great Pictures – They are worth a thousand words – where ever the conversation is held.
When browsing the produce section at my local market, I could choose between 'regular' tomatoes ...

Food Artists or Farmers That Take Great Pictures

Chit, Chat, and Chew.
Since we’re talking about food, restaurants and all that we thought we should explore the minds of the 20 – 30 something’s that have graduated from secondary learning institutions and see if ...

Why we eat at restaurants

This Little Piggy Went…
No other animal is as vilified or as admired as the pig. If you decide you want to insult another person, you could call them a pig. However, in the foodie community, the swine is one of the most ...

This Little Piggy Went to Market

“I get to spend my summer days outside. I’m cooking right there among everyone, talking to the other chefs and to the attendees. And everyone is learning about their food and each other.”
I am at Allium Bistro ...

Field and Vine Legendary Summer Soiree 2015

Food has a way of bringing people together. Brazil Grill knows this to be true as well as anyone. Before its opening in 2006, Henrique Konzen knew that he wanted his new Churrascaria restaurant to be authentically ...

Brazil Grill is your Happy Place

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You step off the streetcar in the Pearl where 13th and Lovejoy intersects. On a summer ...